Quiet Time
It’s quiet time at the farm. The gardens are put to bed and fallen leaves are blanketing the landscape. The last hardy vegetables are about to leave the farm stand as we’ve had a couple of nights of hard frost … Continue Reading →
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Back to Maine
One of the reasons we elected to bring our Casita back to Sandwich from Arizona last spring was our annual fall camping trip in Maine. Sure we could stay at an Airbnb, but no way — it’s just not as … Continue Reading →
Little House Big Desert
It was a wacky winter in Sandwich with recurring mud seasons and more rain than snow, but I only know this second hand because Todd, Rosie (woof) and I spent our first winter in Arizona since the 1990’s. Our little … Continue Reading →
Fall on the Farm
It’s fall on the farm, which means the sheep are regrowing their wooly coats after their summer shearing, the chickens are fluffing up, and leaves are falling. Farmer Steve calibrated his muzzle-loader musket yesterday in preparation for deer hunting season … Continue Reading →
April Showers
April did not disappoint this year in the showers department. I was driving to the grocery store one morning during week 3, listening to the radio, and the weather forecast was “rain today, rain tomorrow, and so on…” Now let … Continue Reading →
12 Ways to Use a Tractor
In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, here are 12 ways to use a tractor. We have two orange Kubotas on the farm campus (sorry John Deere), and they’re used a lot. Fittingly, the first way to use … Continue Reading →
Transitions
We thought that the rain and wind storm this week would take down the fall foliage, but this is the sight we awoke to this morning. Oh, my. All around the farm the transition to colder days is underway. Take … Continue Reading →
Summer Chores
Ah, summer! The farm gardens are at their peak and the stand is loaded with beautiful produce. I even picked up corn today — the bears didn’t get it this year! But as we enjoy swimming and boating with the … Continue Reading →
March Mudness
The talk of some towns may be the NCAA basketball tournament, but in Sandwich we’re talking about the mud. Those of us who live on dirt roads have to carefully plan our early spring travel because getting “stuck in the … Continue Reading →
Let it Flow!
We’ve been riding the climate change roller coaster as winter haltingly gives way to spring. After a day in the fifties last week that left our dirt roads scarred with muddy ruts, the temperatures plummeted and we were blanketed with … Continue Reading →